Articles by Travis Kriens

ABERDEEN, S.D. — The Aberdeen Police Department is warning residents about fraudulent mailings that falsely appear to be from the department and request donations. Police said the mailers are not affiliated with the department, which [Read More…]

MITCHELL, S.D. — The Mitchell Area Council of the Arts has concluded its third annual summer concert series, ending the season with a performance by Chris Miller at Bradley’s. Organizers said this year’s series expanded [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch Multi-million dollar paydays are in store for the company that excavated the Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil that sold last week for $50.1 million, the rancher whose western South Dakota land it [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight The board that oversees South Dakota’s public universities plans to ask state lawmakers for nearly $60.5 million for building projects and maintenance, the launch of a national defense center in Rapid City, and [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Some of the political postcards mailed to South Dakota voters in the week ahead of Tuesday’s runoff election for the Republican nomination for governor are financed by a national group that [Read More…]

MITCHELL — Arts in the Park returns to Hitchcock Park July 24-26, featuring more than 100 artisan and craft vendors, live entertainment, food trucks and family-friendly activities. The free event begins with a kickoff party [Read More…]

BROOKINGS, SD – It may be July, but Christmas is coming early to Brookings this year, and Santa is trading in his sleigh for a red cart. Just 19 months after Mayor Oepke “Ope” Niemeyer’s [Read More…]

LUVERNE, Minn. (AP) — Crossing the open farmland of southwestern Minnesota, you’ll encounter an otherworldly sight: a massive head with a beard, mustache and red-striped top hat looming over the horizon. Pull into the small [Read More…]